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Solar Destroyer

By earthensky

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2.6012
Fun2.1512
Innovation2.2012
Theme2.5412
Graphics2.5012
Mood2.2012

Comments

cedric-fey 2018-08-14 11:39

Simple but finished game and that's already something. I found the control a bit counter intuitive.

frozenfire92 2018-08-15 18:33

Good work! Definitely has the old school arcade feel :) The mechanics were interesting, and would be cool to see with more guns/enemies/things to do

panda 2018-08-16 03:48

Game doesn't work for me (Firefox, MacOS). It's just a blue box with "running" in the middle, and "powered by foo" on the top and bottom. WASD or arrows did nothing.

For what it's worth, the web console shows: ``` DOMException: "The operation is insecure." love.js:24:16509 ```

anastasiats 2018-08-20 19:11

The game doesn't work for me either, there's no control that is working, and when I refresh it, nithing appears on screen :(

maksime 2018-08-20 19:22

Is it me or is this game kinda hard ?

I had troubling getting past wave 2... xD

The graphics are simple enough to understand what's going on :stuck_out_tongue:

The game could use powerups to spice up the ghame a little bit

The controls feel a bit jarring, you should have kept the momentum when turning instead of stopping and restarting, makes dodging even harder than it already is.

Too bad there is no music/sound, it could have brought a nice touch to the game :slight_smile:

earthensky 2018-08-20 20:54

@panda I looked into the error that you got and it seems like it might be browser reliant. (@anastasiats as well) Try using another browser if the game doesn't work. Sorry that I don't have a mac build for the game, I'll try to get one running for the next jam!

earthensky 2018-08-20 20:59

@maksime thanks for your comments! I felt the turning mechanic was sort of off but it was kind of a last minute adjustment. Now that it's after the fact I realize I have a few more better ideas than what I went with. :P

swen 2018-08-20 23:18

Simple and fun game. Working with a limited colour palette definitely paid off graphic wise. It felt a bit unfair that the enemy aliens could move freely while I was restricted to a grid. The game is a good base to continue builing on, I can see different types of enemies, power-ups and a way to get some space back.

Keep up the good work!

loveapplegames 2018-08-24 20:30

This game could be a good shooter with some work. I think the view area is too small, making you run into enemies too easily, and limiting strategic gameplay. The game also needs some nice explosions.

paulhocker 2018-08-25 06:23

the controls really take away from your game - i was too frustrated to continue - keep trying

andrei9 2018-09-03 11:05

I liked the Graphics, and the Gameplay was fun, Nice Game. :thumbsup: